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'''Amir Ali''' is an American attorney and law professor who has argued multiple cases before the U.S. Supreme Court<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Author|url=https://theappeal.org/authors/amir-h-ali/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-05|website=The Appeal|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=School|first=Harvard Law|title=Amir Ali {{!}} Harvard Law School|url=https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/11772/Ali|access-date=2020-10-13|language=en}}</ref> and testified before Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fixes Raised to Shine Light on Supreme Court's 'Shadow Docket'|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fixes-raised-to-shine-light-on-supreme-courts-shadow-docket|access-date=2021-03-22|website=news.bloomberglaw.com|language=en}}</ref> He has been particularly known for bringing people across different ideologies together around to solutions that advance civil rights and civil liberties, including right of center government officials, law enforcement and prosecutors, conservative judges, and advocacy groups. He is regarded as an expert in constitutional law, civil procedure, and criminal procedure, including issues related to sentencing and habeas corpus, the right to counsel, and government accountability.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bokat-Lindell|first=Spencer|date=2020-06-02|title=Opinion {{!}} The One Police Reform That Both the Left and the Right Support|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/opinion/breonna-taylor-police.html|access-date=2021-06-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
'''Amir Ali''' is an American attorney and law professor who has argued multiple cases before the U.S. Supreme Court<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Author|url=https://theappeal.org/authors/amir-h-ali/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-05|website=The Appeal|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=School|first=Harvard Law|title=Amir Ali {{!}} Harvard Law School|url=https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/11772/Ali|access-date=2020-10-13|language=en}}</ref> and testified before Congress. Ali currently is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge on the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fixes Raised to Shine Light on Supreme Court's 'Shadow Docket'|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fixes-raised-to-shine-light-on-supreme-courts-shadow-docket|access-date=2021-03-22|website=news.bloomberglaw.com|language=en}}</ref> He has been particularly known for bringing people across different ideologies together around to solutions that advance civil rights and civil liberties, including right of center government officials, law enforcement and prosecutors, conservative judges, and advocacy groups. He is regarded as an expert in constitutional law, civil procedure, and criminal procedure, including issues related to sentencing and habeas corpus, the right to counsel, and government accountability.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bokat-Lindell|first=Spencer|date=2020-06-02|title=Opinion {{!}} The One Police Reform That Both the Left and the Right Support|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/opinion/breonna-taylor-police.html|access-date=2021-06-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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Ali is presently the executive director of the MacArthur Justice Center,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Jagannathan|first=Meera|title='They get a get-out-of-jail-free card': How qualified immunity protects police and other government officials from civil lawsuits|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/they-get-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card-why-law-enforcement-and-other-government-officials-are-protected-from-civil-lawsuits-2020-06-24|access-date=2020-12-05|website=MarketWatch|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Amir Ali|url=https://www.macarthurjustice.org/team_member/amir-ali/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=MacArthur Justice|language=en-US}}</ref> a nonprofit law firm founded by businessman and philanthropist [[J. Roderick MacArthur]]. Ali is also a professor at [[Harvard Law School]], where he directs the law school's criminal justice appellate clinic.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /> He serves on multiple Boards of Directors, including The Appellate Project<ref>{{Cite web|last1=June 24|first1=Tony Mauro {{!}}|last2=PM|first2=2020 at 05:02|title='Appellate Project' Aims to Boost Diversity in Specialized Bar|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/06/24/appellate-project-aims-to-boost-diversity-in-specialized-bar/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=National Law Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Amir H Ali Bio|url=https://theappellateproject.org/amir-h-ali|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Appellate Project|language=en-US}}</ref> and the [[Mosaic Theater Company of DC|Mosaic Theatre Company of D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://mosaictheater.org/board-of-directors|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Mosaic Theater of DC|language=en-US}}</ref> |
Ali is presently the executive director of the MacArthur Justice Center,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Jagannathan|first=Meera|title='They get a get-out-of-jail-free card': How qualified immunity protects police and other government officials from civil lawsuits|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/they-get-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card-why-law-enforcement-and-other-government-officials-are-protected-from-civil-lawsuits-2020-06-24|access-date=2020-12-05|website=MarketWatch|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Amir Ali|url=https://www.macarthurjustice.org/team_member/amir-ali/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=MacArthur Justice|language=en-US}}</ref> a nonprofit law firm founded by businessman and philanthropist [[J. Roderick MacArthur]]. Ali is also a professor at [[Harvard Law School]], where he directs the law school's criminal justice appellate clinic.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /> He serves on multiple Boards of Directors, including The Appellate Project<ref>{{Cite web|last1=June 24|first1=Tony Mauro {{!}}|last2=PM|first2=2020 at 05:02|title='Appellate Project' Aims to Boost Diversity in Specialized Bar|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/06/24/appellate-project-aims-to-boost-diversity-in-specialized-bar/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=National Law Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Amir H Ali Bio|url=https://theappellateproject.org/amir-h-ali|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Appellate Project|language=en-US}}</ref> and the [[Mosaic Theater Company of DC|Mosaic Theatre Company of D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://mosaictheater.org/board-of-directors|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Mosaic Theater of DC|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Early career == |
== Early career == |
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After attending [[Harvard Law School]], Ali served as a law clerk for Judge [[Raymond C. Fisher]] of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice [[Marshall Rothstein]] of the Supreme Court of Canada.<ref name=":1" /> Ali previously practiced at the law firm [[Jenner & Block]], where he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court as a fifth-year associate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lat|first=David|title=A Biglaw Associate's Big Supreme Court Victory|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2016/04/a-biglaw-associates-big-supreme-court-victory/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Above the Law|date=19 April 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
After attending [[Harvard Law School]], Ali served as a law clerk for Judge [[Raymond C. Fisher]] of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice [[Marshall Rothstein]] of the Supreme Court of Canada.<ref name=":1" /> Ali previously practiced at the law firm [[Jenner & Block]], where he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court as a fifth-year associate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lat|first=David|title=A Biglaw Associate's Big Supreme Court Victory|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2016/04/a-biglaw-associates-big-supreme-court-victory/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Above the Law|date=19 April 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==Federal judicial service== |
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On January 10, 2024, President Joe Biden announced that he will nominate Ali to serve as a United States district judge for the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]].<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/01/10/president-biden-names-forty-fourth-round-of-judicial-nominees/</ref> His nomination is pending before the [[United States Committee on the Judiciary]]. |
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==Notable cases== |
==Notable cases== |
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Amir Ali is an American attorney and law professor who has argued multiple cases before the U.S. Supreme Court[1][2] and testified before Congress. Ali currently is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[3] He has been particularly known for bringing people across different ideologies together around to solutions that advance civil rights and civil liberties, including right of center government officials, law enforcement and prosecutors, conservative judges, and advocacy groups. He is regarded as an expert in constitutional law, civil procedure, and criminal procedure, including issues related to sentencing and habeas corpus, the right to counsel, and government accountability.[4]
Ali is presently the executive director of the MacArthur Justice Center,[5][6] a nonprofit law firm founded by businessman and philanthropist J. Roderick MacArthur. Ali is also a professor at Harvard Law School, where he directs the law school's criminal justice appellate clinic.[5][2] He serves on multiple Boards of Directors, including The Appellate Project[7][8] and the Mosaic Theatre Company of D.C.[9]
Early career
After attending Harvard Law School, Ali served as a law clerk for Judge Raymond C. Fisher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada.[2] Ali previously practiced at the law firm Jenner & Block, where he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court as a fifth-year associate.[10]
Federal judicial service
On January 10, 2024, President Joe Biden announced that he will nominate Ali to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[11] His nomination is pending before the United States Committee on the Judiciary.
Notable cases
- In 2022, Ali argued for the petitioner in Thompson v. Clark, and obtained a 6-3 majority opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh recognizing a federal cause of action against police officers who pursue false charges against someone.
- Ali argued for the petitioner in Garza v. Idaho,[12] and obtained a 6-3 majority opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court establishing that a criminal defendant has the constitutional right to an appeal that has been forfeited by his attorney, even if the defendant's plea agreement states that it waives the right of appeal.
- Ali argued for the petitioner in Welch v. United States,[13] and obtained a 7-1 majority opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that prisoners who were sentenced to unconstitutional mandatory minimums were retroactively entitled to resentencing or release.[14]
- Ali represented the petitioner in Brumfield v. Cain,[15] in which the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Louisiana death-row prisoner Kevan Brumfield and held that he was categorically ineligible for execution because he had an intellectually disability.[15]
- Ali represented Louisiana prisoner Corey Williams before the U.S. Supreme Court.[16] Williams had been wrongfully convicted of capital murder at the age of 16, and spent over twenty years at Angola Penitentiary.[16]
- Ali filed a brief on behalf of the MacArthur Justice Center in Hawaii v. Trump, documenting President Trump's record of statements about Muslim people.[17] Justice Sonia Sotomayor cited Ali's brief in her dissenting opinion.[18]
References
- ^ "Author". The Appeal. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ a b c School, Harvard Law. "Amir Ali | Harvard Law School". Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Fixes Raised to Shine Light on Supreme Court's 'Shadow Docket'". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ Bokat-Lindell, Spencer (June 2, 2020). "Opinion | The One Police Reform That Both the Left and the Right Support". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ a b Jagannathan, Meera. "'They get a get-out-of-jail-free card': How qualified immunity protects police and other government officials from civil lawsuits". MarketWatch. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "Amir Ali". MacArthur Justice. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ June 24, Tony Mauro |; PM, 2020 at 05:02. "'Appellate Project' Aims to Boost Diversity in Specialized Bar". National Law Journal. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Amir H Ali Bio". The Appellate Project. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Mosaic Theater of DC. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Lat, David (April 19, 2016). "A Biglaw Associate's Big Supreme Court Victory". Above the Law. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/01/10/president-biden-names-forty-fourth-round-of-judicial-nominees/
- ^ "Garza v. Idaho". Oyez. Chicago-Kent College of Law. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Welch v. United States". Oyez.
- ^ "Welch v. United States". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Brumfield v. Cain, 135 S. Ct. 2269 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Berman, Mark. "He was 16 when Louisiana charged him with murder. Two decades later, he's free". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ Court document. Travel Ban supremecourt.gov Retrieved May 3, 2023
- ^ Trump v. Hawaii (06/26/2018) supremecourt.gov Retrieved May 3, 2023